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> I suppose it's meant to mean "do the exact work required by the rules governing your job and no more" but grammatically the sentence reads as though it's refe
by mistersquid 4y ago
> I suppose it's meant to mean "do the exact work required by the rules governing your job and no more" but grammatically the sentence reads as though it's referring to the verb form of the word - i.e. "work in order to become a ruler within the organization."
“Work to rule” is an elision, short for “work according to rule”.
- awillen 4y agoRight, so sounds like I understood the meaning there. The point still stands, though - it's a grammatically ambiguous phrase, which is a bad quality when you're looking for a shorthand way to communicate an idea.
- SlickNixon 4y agoDon't think grammatical ambiguity in the names of labor tactics is a significant bottleneck here.